Characterization Flashcards
characters who tend toward change or productive activity
Dynamic Characters
characters who show little or no change or development
Static Characters
types of characters found in stories that have a certain role
Archetype
oversimplifying a person to one or two qualities
Stereotype
characters that are always static and can be based on stereotypes
Flat Characters
characters that are usually dynamic and have complex feelings and experience internal conflict
Round Characters
a character’s appearance: physical traits, expressions, and dress
Looks
how a character behaves in a story
Actions
character relationsips
Effects on Others
a character’s thoughts and emotions
Thoughts
what a character says and how they say it
Speech
when an author SHOWS the reader a character’s trait or quality
Indirect Characterization
when an author TELLS the reader a character’s trait or quality
Direct Characterization
the ways in which an author introduces and develops characters in a story
Characterization
the perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
when a character speaks
Dialogue
a person in the story
Character
when the narrator speaks
Narration
who is telling the story
Narrator
an acronym that stands for the way that an author develops characters
STEAL
conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Inference
